“Coneixem l’educació viària”, by Estel Baldó, Rosa Gil and Maria Soliva, published by Barcanova in catalan. It is a small book I had the chance to illustrate last year and now I can show it to you all!

An educational book about Road-safety… It is not the most seductive subject, I accept…..hahaha But this was the real challenge, to make kids want to read about this issue…. to make it attractive to them. Phew..

We chose to make a dog family in an animal world. If the characters were human it would have make everything too realistic, and therefore more and more boring. That is why I chose to bring a pinch of fantasy in order to make the work lighter.

One of the main features of this collection is that all texts are published on two forms: block letters and handwriting, as well as it also includes some text balloons. This reduces in fact the space for illustration and this is where I had to play with blanks and compositions on every spread. This is how I decided to approach the assignment, giving color and blanks the significance, playing with rythms and trying to break, as much as possible, the rigid outline of the book.

And this is the moment when I tell the truth… Drawing bikes is the most difficult thing to draw on earth! hahaha I never thought about that, but now…if you ever have to do it, I can only wish you luck….and tons of patience!